Japan Game Index

Jigsaw: Shirakawago
Shirakawago encompassed by snow and village of joining one's hands in prayer making.
It is World Heritage of Japan registered in 1995.

<Joining hands in prayer is made >
In the joining one's hands in prayer making, a sudden span roof of the angle of Cayaf is a big feature. It transmits when came to be said the joining one's hands in prayer making because it looks like the shape of the hand when the shape of the roof joins one's hands in prayer.

It is originally a structure widely seen in the private house in Japan though the one of Shirakawago and Gokayama becomes famous as for the hut class of the joining one's hands in prayer making. In a thatched roof, it is necessary to make to the roof of the rapid inclination for rain end, and the joining one's hands in prayer make is advantageous. Moreover, it is convenient to support the roof load at the snowfall in the area of very heavy snowfall.